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Without rocks or mountains no country can be sublime; without water no landscape can be perfectly beautiful.

Charles Bucke

A Country destitute of mountains may be rich, well cultivated, and even beautiful, but it can in no instance be sublime or transporting; and to what a degree boldness of scenery has the power of elevating the fancy, may be in some measure conceived from an anecdote recorded of a celebrated poet.

Charles Bucke

Of all the objects in Nature, none strikes the soul - with so much wonder, awe, delight, and solemnity, as the solemnity, as the OCEAN.

Charles Bucke

As there are in nature many contrasts, there are, also, many resemblances, though there are no likenesses.

Charles Bucke

Woman, even to the eye of an astronomer, is the most attractive constellation in the whole range of the universe.

Charles Bucke

Charles Bucke

Charles Bucke

Born: April 16, 1781

Died: July 31, 1846 (aged 65)

Bio: Charles Bucke was an English writer who, despite being poor most of his life, still managed to produce roughly eleven different works, each varying in number of volumes and topics.

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